Opinion: The Mueller report reads like an impeachment referral
By Max Boot Max Boot Columnist covering national security Email Bio Follow Columnist April 18 at 7:31 PM After having spent hours reading the redacted version of special counsel Robert S. Mueller III’s report, I can see why President Trump was so eager to discredit the investigators — and why Attorney General William P. Barr, who has revealed himself to be a Trump toady, felt compelled to convene a news conference to spin the results in advance.
The news gets far worse for Trump in the second volume of the report, concerning obstruction of justice. Mueller methodically lists 10 incidents of possibly obstructive behavior by the president, from firing FBI Director James B. Comey to dangling pardons before Trump’s former aides.
Mueller then systematically demolishes Trump’s defenses, one by one. Trump, for instance, has denied asking Comey for his personal loyalty and for an end to the investigation of national security adviser Michael Flynn. Mueller sides with Comey, writing that “substantial evidence corroborates Comey’s account.
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